Aftab Alam (born 30 November 1992) is an Afghan international
cricket
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er. He made his
One Day International
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(ODI) debut for the
Afghanistan national cricket team
The Afghanistan men's national team ( ps, د افغانستان کرکټ ملي لوبډله, fa, تیم ملی کریکت افغانستان) represents Afghanistan in international cricket. Cricket has been played in Afgha ...
in early 2010. He made his
first-class debut for
Mis Ainak Region in the
2017–18 Ahmad Shah Abdali 4-day Tournament on 13 November 2017.
In July 2018, he was the leading wicket-taker for
Speen Ghar Region in the
2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament
The 2018 Ghazi Amanullah Khan Regional One Day Tournament was a List A cricket competition that took place in Afghanistan between 10 and 27 July 2018. It was the second edition of the competition to be played with List A status, following the an ...
, with ten dismissals in four matches.
In September 2018, he was named in Balkh's squad in the
first edition
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First edition
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of the
Afghanistan Premier League
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tournament.
In April 2019, he was named in
Afghanistan's squad for the
2019 Cricket World Cup
The 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 12th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted between 30 May ...
. However, Aftab was ruled out of the tournament due to "exceptional circumstances" and was replaced by
Sayed Shirzad
Sayed Shirzad (born 1 October 1994) is an Afghan cricketer. Shirzad is a right-handed batsman who bowls left-arm at a medium pace.
Domestic career
Shirzad represented Afghanistan Under-19s in the 2011 Under-19 World Cup Qualifier in Ireland. ...
. After the tournament, the
Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) handed Aftab a one-year ban from all cricket, following a series of incidents that took place during the Cricket World Cup. In June 2020, the ACB confirmed that his ban had ended and that he had joined the national team at a training camp.
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1992 births
Afghan cricketers
Afghanistan One Day International cricketers
Afghanistan Twenty20 International cricketers
Cricketers from Nangarhar Province
Asian Games medalists in cricket
Living people
Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Cricketers at the 2019 Cricket World Cup
Mis Ainak Knights cricketers
Spin Ghar Tigers cricketers
Asian Games silver medalists for Afghanistan
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Balkh Legends cricketers
Dambulla Aura cricketers
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